Russel Tarr has pulled together another excellent programme of events which will take place in the first week of November, and this time I can make it.
I will be presenting at Practical Pedagogies 2016.

My session is called 'The Power of Geographical Information', and is described below:
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The Power of
‘Where’: Geographical Information in the curriculum

Geography is an academically robust subject which spans the social and
physical sciences and promotes a lifelong interest and fascination in how the
world works.

Nicholas Crane, President of
the Royal Geographical Society

Abstract

Geographers are interested in spatial
patterns, and the growing availability of, often real-time, location based information
brings new depth to teaching geography. Students don’t only consume this
information, but they also produce it themselves, and it is also used after
natural disasters to aid the relief effort.

The workshop will explore how this renewed
focus on the ‘where’ can bring new ideas to teach familiar topics, but also
broaden these activities into other curriculum areas. It will include ideas
from several ERASMUS-funded projects, a resource on transport geographies, a
project for the British Red Cross and work completed in the classroom by
pupils.

You’ll leave the session with some
practical pedagogical resources to adopt and adapt, and ideas for personal
innovation, as well as introducing some free tools and mobile apps.

Matt Podburyhas shared some of the other Geography names who will be presenting at the event over on his fine GeographyPods site.